Earlier this month, Dr. Butterfield, our school Principal was invited to speak the Association for Experiential Education’s (AEE) annual conference, which was held in Montreal. In the fall of 2017, Connect introduced an experiential education model that incorporates experiential and … Continue reading Dr. Butterfield speaks at AEE on EXPO
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This year, the grade 5 classes are exploring the theme of change. Change in ecosystems, change in climate, change in identity, growth and change in self. … Continue reading Grade 5 EXPO Week
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-by Brittney Glinsbockel and Ivy Waite In grade 4 Humanities this term, students have been examining events that are relevant to Alberta’ History. To begin with, as a class, students examined posters advertising settlement to Canada’s west and activated prior … Continue reading Grade 4: Examining Alberta’s History, Part 1
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Dean Schmeichel explains how students inquire into fitness by creating their own fitness video based on a variety of experiences provided to them by experts in a number of physical education fields. Video by Rick Fawcett Continue reading Creating Fitness Videos in PE: Inquiry Lives Here
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Last term, Drama specialist, Heather Melville decided to take her Grade 9 Drama class down a playwriting path with purpose. To begin with, Heather spoke to the Grades 4, 5 and 6 science teachers to find out where teachers were … Continue reading Grade 9 Drama: Playwriting with Purpose
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Earlier this school year, Grade 8 Humanities Teacher Jaime Groeller worked with her students to purposefully engage them in Active Reading. Below is an excerpt from her class blog around “Talking to the Text”. Inspired by a student video created … Continue reading Talking to the Text
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-by Dave Bennett and Katie Haigh As part of our Waste in Our World exploration, grade 4s have been tasked with taking something of little or no value and creating something usable that serves a purpose. The overarching question was … Continue reading Upcycle That! Grade 4 Waste in Our World
(continued from earlier posts Deirdre’s Reflections, Kevin’s Reflection, the introduction to our action research, emphasizing student autonomy) -by Deirdre Bailey and Kevin Sonico A major advantage of the FreshGrade tool that has been touched on briefly above but merits further discussion was … Continue reading FreshGrade: Commendations, Recommendations & Limitations
This is part 3 of a series of blog posts by Kevin Sonico (Grade 9 Math/Science Teacher) on Research Experience and Its Impact on Teaching Practice. Theme 1 on Professional Growth can be read here and Theme 2 on Student Voice can be read here. Teacher-researchers classified the nature of their inquiries as exploratory and investigated different elements of their practice. From teaching a lesson, to reporting student learning, to structuring a class, participants viewed the RI program as an opportunity to chronicle and share new experiences with an audience. Their willingness to experience such a rigorous and public endeavour … Continue reading Teachers as Researchers: Theme 3 – Modeling Entrepreneurial Spirit
Connect Charter School is thrilled to be hosting a screening of “The Happy Movie” as part of our annual Peace Festival. This screening is open to members of the general public and is free (please consider bringing a donation to the Calgary Food Bank). In conjunction with the film, there will also be an artisan craft market open before and after. See attached poster for more information regarding the artisans. Doors open at 6pm for the craft market and the movie will begin at 7pm. Hope to see you there! Continue reading Film Screening: The Happy Movie (Tuesday, Dec. 16)